convoy

convoy
v
1. escort, chaperon, matronize, accompany, attend, companion; usher, guide, pilot, steer, conduct, lead, direct; guard, watch over, keep an eye on, look after, shepherd, screen, shelter, flank, be by one's side; protect, defend, back up, support, go or be behind.
n
2. protection, defense, security, bulwark, shield, screen, cover, shelter, refuge, safety, safeguard; guidance, tutelage, custody, keeping, care.
3. escort, armed guard, bodyguard, contingent, Navy. escort carrier, Mil. escort fighter; entourage, retinue, cortege, suite.
4. train, file, row, line, queue; fleet, group, company, assemblage, aggregation.

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